A range of local performers, shops, hostelries and groups will be involved and thousands of people are once again expected to attend.

Highlights include: Boat trips and Story Week - Monday 14 to Friday 18 August - including storytelling trips for children and excursions for adults as well as The Big Kirky Quiz.

Get Active Saturday (August 19) includes live music from Big City, Shardlake, and Emma and the Ragmen, fireworks, Marina Food Court, Zoolab? learning through animals, roller disco, sports, stone-carving sessions (with Trails and Tales) and much more.

Kirkintilloch Baptist Church will be offering family fun i cluding an obstacle course.

The festival is organised annually by East Dunbartonshire Council in conjunction with a range of partners.

Depute Leader of the council, Councillor Gillian Renwick said: “The festival line-up is growing all the time with a feast of fun for people of all ages. The tea dances are an inspired addition - complementing the Elvis exhibition at the Auld Kirk Museum, which has a range of nostalgic fun on offer to get people ‘All Shook Up’ during the Festival weekend.

“From fireworks and live music to boat trips and bubble fun, there’s a huge range for all the family to do and see.”